apparmor.d/docs/index.md

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title: AppArmor.d
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# AppArmor.d

**Full set of AppArmor profiles**

!!! danger "Help Wanted"

    This project is still in its early development. Help is very welcome; 
    see [Development](development/index.md)

**AppArmor.d** is a set of over 1400 AppArmor profiles whose aim is to confine
most Linux based applications and processes.

**Purpose**

- Confine all root processes such as all `systemd` tools, `bluetooth`, `dbus`,
  `polkit`, `NetworkManager`, `OpenVPN`, `GDM`, `rtkit`, `colord`
- Confine all Desktop environments
- Confine all user services such as `Pipewire`, `Gvfsd`, `dbus`, `xdg`, `xwayland`
- Confine some *"special"* user applications: web browser, file browser...
- Should not break a normal usage of the confined software

See the [Concepts](concepts.md)' page for more detail on the architecture.

**Goals**

- Target both desktops and servers
- Support all distributions that support AppArmor:
    * [:material-arch: Archlinux](install.md#archlinux)
    * [:material-ubuntu: Ubuntu 22.04](install.md#ubuntu-debian)
    * [:material-debian: Debian 12](install.md#ubuntu-debian)
    * [:simple-suse: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed](install.md#opensuse)
- Support all major desktop environments:
    * Currently only :material-gnome: Gnome
- Fully tested (Work in progress)

**Presentations**

Building large set of AppArmor profiles:

- [Linux Security Summit North America (LSS-NA 2023)](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/linux-security-summit-north-america/) *([Slide](https://lssna2023.sched.com/event/1K7bI/building-the-largest-working-set-of-apparmor-profiles-alexandre-pujol-the-collaboratory-tudublin), [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzyalrOzxE8))*
- [Ubuntu Summit 2023](https://events.canonical.com/event/31/) *([Slide](https://events.canonical.com/event/31/contributions/209/))*